I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.' - "London Magazine", March, 1967.
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it.
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Great art picks up where nature ends.
Great art picks up where nature ends.
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The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
